Links/Resources
The following links and resources are wildly admired by torches n' pitchforks for their artistic integrity, aesthetic and innovation:
CENTRUM:
Centrum www.centrum.org/youth
“As an artist, I've never felt so full of possibility, so full of energy...”
Located at Fort Worden State Park in the artist community of Port Townsend, Washington, Centrum welcomes artists of all ages for workshops, performances, and artist residencies.
TARPAULIN SKY
Tarpaulin
Sky
http://www.tarpaulinsky.com
Founded in 2002 as an online literary journal, Tarpaulin Sky took the form of 12.5 internet issues (see the archive) before its first paper edition in November 2007. The magazine continues to publish new work both online and in print, often curated by guest-editors.
Tarpaulin Sky focuses on cross-genre / trans-genre / hybrid forms as well as innovative poetry and prose.
Christian Peet, Elena Georgiou, Co-editors
HIGH DESERT JOURNAL
http://www.highdesertjournal.com High Desert Journal is a literary and visual art magazine dedicated to further understanding the people, places and issues of the interior West. Its pages help define this region in literary and artistic terms, and represent a collection of work that charts the changes of a distinctive, unique region. High Desert Journal is one of the first publications to give readers another way to understand and think about the high desert: through the stories and images that spring from the memories and imaginations of writers and artists.
THE NATURE OF WORDS
http://www.thenatureofwords.org
The mission of The Nature of Words is to foster an appreciation of the literary arts and humanities in the High Desert region of the Northwest through community interaction with acclaimed authors, and through creative writing programs for high school and college-age students in the region.
THE OTHER JOURNAL
http://www.theotherjournal.com
VAIN MAGAZINE
Vain Magazine is a quarterly publication that combines the innocence of art with the modernity of the world. Established by artists to provide art-enthusiasts of all kinds with a new form of collaborative art, Vain connects and combines writing, visuals, and music to immerse its readers in beauty.
WILLOW SPRINGS
http://www.ewu.edu/willowsprings/
Willow Springs publishes the finest in contemporary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, as well as interviews with some of the most notable authors in contemporary literature, including Marilynne Robinson, Stuart Dybek, Aimee Bender, and Robert Bly. Founded in 1977 and published twice yearly, Willow Springs features two interviews per issue, as well as arresting essays, fiction, and poetry by a diverse variety of writers—from the unknown and up and coming, to U.S. Poet Laureates and Pulitzer Prize winners. An indispensable resource for writers and readers, Willow Springs engages its audience in an ongoing discussion of art, ideas, and what it means to be human.
BELLINGHAM REVIEW
Bellingham Review
Literature of palpable quality: poems, stories, and essays so beguiling they invite us to touch their essence. The Bellingham Review hungers for a kind of writing that nudges the limits of form, or executes traditional forms exquisitely.
BLOOD ORANGE REVIEW
http://www.bloodorangereview.com
Blood Orange Review appears online six times a year. We love to read and love writers, so we created an online forum for fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art that we think deserves a wider audience. We want to publish work that pleases and challenges, and we intend to do this in a way that is respectful to all writers.
CRAB CREEK REVIEW
Crab Creek Review is a perfect-bound print literary journal dedicated to publishing the best poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. While we are a literary journal with our roots in the Northwest for the last 25 years, we aim to expand our publication.
BORN MAGAZINE
www.bornmagazine.org
Cover by Alberto Cerriteño,
Born Magazine is an experimental venue marrying literary arts and interactive media. Original projects are brought to life every three months through creative collaboration between writers and artists.
THE BEAUTIFUL CREATURES
"Reflections
Solicited from the Digital Clay"
Launched April 3rd, 2009
"The Beautiful Creatures" Virtual Reality Literary Experiment is located
on a white-cliffed island in a gothic castle. Hosted in the Second
Life platform. Contributors and Patrons 18 years and older.
View the blog at
http://thebeautifulcreatures.blogspot.com or of you have the 3D
software enabled, visit the exhibit
in Second Life.
Curator: Jim Churchill-Dicks a.k.a. JimCD Sideshow
OTHER RESOURCES
THE EMOTIONAL TOOLBOX
http://www.emotionaltoolbox.com
THE POETS
161 poet companion sites.
